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Limestone stela of Nefernay with his nurse and family. From modern-day Egypt. Middle Kingdom, circa 12th Dynasty, circa 1800 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Sitdjehuti was a sister and daughter of Egyptian pharaohs. This is a close-up view of the back side of the the upper part of her coffin, which was made of gold-plated sycamore wood and stucco. There are hieroglyphic inscriptions. From Western...

Standing-striding granodiorite statue of the god Horus, from the mortuary temple of Amenophis III, Western Thebes, New Kingdom of Egypt, 18th Dynasty, c. 1360 BCE. State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany.

A limestone fragment of a false-door stela from the tomb of pharaoh Rahotep. From Maidum (Meidum), modern-day Egypt. Old Kingdom, circa 2600 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Sitdjehuti was a sister and daughter of Egyptian pharaohs. This is a close-up view of the upper part of her coffin, which was made of gold-plated sycamore wood and stucco. From Western Thebes, modern-day Egypt. 17th Dynasty, circa 1575 BCE...

Sitdjehuti was a sister and daughter of Egyptian pharaohs. This is the left side of the upper part of her coffin, which was made of gold-plated sycamore wood and stucco. There are hieroglyphic inscriptions. From Western Thebes, modern-day...

Sitdjehuti was a sister and daughter of Egyptian pharaohs. This is the right side of the upper part of her coffin, which was made of gold-plated sycamore wood and stucco. There are hieroglyphic inscriptions. From Western Thebes, modern-day...

Granodiorite seated statue of the famous Egyptian physician Sesheshen-sa-Hathor. From Ezbet Rushdi, modern-day Egypt. Middle Kingdom, 12 Dynasty, circa 1800 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

This partially damaged quartzite statue depicts the royal scribe Rekhmire. He is kneeling and holding the symbol of the goddess Hathor. From Qift, modern-day Egypt. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty circa 1400 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art...

The lower half of this quartzite statue has survived. It depicts the high-ranking military official Luna, who is kneeling and holding an offering table. From Memphis, Heliopolis, modern-day Egypt. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, circa 1380 BCE...